Editing Pakistani English (section)


{{distinguish|Urdish}}
{{Short description|Varieties of the English language used in Pakistan}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date = March 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox language
| name             = Pakistani English
| nativename       = 
| image            = Quaid-i-Azam's Will at Islamia College Peshawar.jpg
| states           = [[Pakistan]]
| region           = [[South Asia]]
| speakers         = 108 million
| date             = 2022
| ref              = <ref name=e25>[https://www.ethnologue.com/country/PK/status Pakistan] in {{e25}}</ref>
| familycolor      = Indo-European
| fam2             = [[Germanic languages|Germanic]]
| fam3             = [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]]
| fam4             = [[Ingvaeonic languages|Ingvaeonic]]
| fam5             = [[Anglo-Frisian languages|Anglo-Frisian]]
| fam6             = [[English language|English]]
| fam7             = [[South Asian English]]
| ancestor         = [[Old English]]
| ancestor2        = [[Middle English]]
| ancestor3        = [[Early Modern English]]
| ancestor4        = [[Modern English]]
| script           = [[Latin script|Latin]] ([[English alphabet]])<br />[[Unified English Braille]]
| nation           = {{PAK}}
| minority         = 
| agency           = 
| iso1             = en
| iso2             = eng
| iso3             = eng
| isoexception     = dialect
| lingua           = 
| ietf             = en-PK
| map              = 
| mapcaption       = 
| glotto           = paki1244
| notice           = IPA
}}
{{English language}}
'''Pakistani English''' ('''Paklish''', '''Pinglish''', '''PakEng''', '''en-PK'''<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-02-21|title=Tongue-in-cheek: Not in my backside|url=http://beta.dawn.com/news/881972/tongue-in-cheek-not-in-my-backside|access-date=2020-07-16|website=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-07-14|title=English as lingua franca: A linguistic imperialism?|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1028971|access-date=2020-07-16|website=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|language=en}}</ref>) is a group of [[English language|English-language]] [[Variety (linguistics)|varieties]] spoken in [[Pakistan]] and among the [[Pakistani diaspora]].<ref>McArthur, Tom, 1998. [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-PAKISTANIENGLISH.html "Pakistani English."] in ''Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language''. Retrieved 6 June 2009.</ref> English is the primary language used by the [[government of Pakistan]], alongside [[Urdu]], on the national level. While being spoken natively by only a small percentage of the population,<ref>{{Cite web |title=People of Pakistan |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Pakistan/People |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Britannica |language=en |quote=With the exception of this educated elite, English is spoken fluently by only a small percentage of the population.}}</ref> it is the primary language used in education, commerce, administration, and the legal and judicial systems.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mariam |first1=Durrani |title=Banishing Colonial Specters: Language Ideology and Education Policy in Pakistan |url=https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1233&context=wpel |publisher=University of Pennsylvania |date=2012}}</ref>

It was first recognised as a distinct variety of [[South Asian English]] and designated in the 1970s and 1980s.<ref name="Hashmi1978, 1987">{{cite book| last =Hashmi| first =Alamgir| title =''Preface''. Pakistani Literature: The Contemporary English Writers| orig-year =1978| year =1987| publisher =World University Service / Gulmohar Press| location =New York / Islamabad}}</ref> Pakistani English, similar and related to [[Indian English]], is slightly different from other varieties of English in respect to vocabulary, syntax, accent, spellings of some words{{cn|date=November 2024}}<!--There are no claims or citations in this article about spelling differences. --> and other features.